Most of us love to Rock a Shredded Bod, With 6 pack abs, Vascular Arms and a Lean Body! For some it may seem near Impossible, mostly due to lack of direction in Diet and Workout, Some people try years of training and end with no results whatsoever. Why? Because Getting Shredded means losing fat, and losing fat doesn’t come through doing countless reps in your workouts, Losing fat is through 70% of Consistent dieting with a smart and efficient Diet Plan!

Today we at Strong.lk will be giving you a Guide and Tips on how to Shred OFF that Stubborn Fat and Build Some Quality Lean Muscle!

Most of you who have worked out regularly are aware of the best foods to eat in order to gain muscle:

• Smaller meals should be consumed every 2.5 to 3 hours.
• At least 30 grams of protein should be consumed with each meal.
• Don’t disregard your consumption of fats! Make sure healthy fats account for 20 to 30 percent of your daily caloric intake.
• Focus on high-quality sources of carbohydrates, such as fruits, vegetables, oatmeal, brown rice, quinoa, and other meals high in complex carbohydrates.

These guidelines are outdated. You have used them, and they are effective. But you now have new objectives. It’s time to lose the weight, sculpt your body, and flaunt your six-pack.

Lets Take into Considering the NO 1 Priority – YOUR DIET. Try to follow these tips :

Calculate Your Calorie Needs

So how much should you be eating?

Determining calorie count is very individual, and will vary based on height, weight, age, daily activity level, body composition, weight-loss, or gain goals.

“As a quick rule of thumb, you could take your goal weight and add a zero, and then factor your physical activity.” (More active, add a couple hundred calories.)

A more detailed way to determine a baseline calorie need is with this formula: (10 x weight in kg) + (6.25 x height in cm) – (5 x age in years) + 5, then multiply by an activity-level value from 1.2 (sedentary) to 1.9 (extremely active)

Set a protein target 

Aim for 1.2g per pound of bodyweight for men.
Aim for 1g per pound of bodyweight for women.

Include plenty of green, leafy vegetables in all of your meals.
Consider spinach, kale, and broccoli

Include wholesome fats in each meal.
* Aiming for 0.5g per pound of bodyweight is wise.
Think salmon, walnuts, and avocados

Don’t Skip Carbs Entirely

No carbs at all means no ready energy. Therefore, increase carbs slightly on hard workout days.

“The less impactful carbs that are found in sweet potatoes may be eaten one to two per week and post-workout,” Limit it to a small portion, though, such as half a sweet potato or a half-cup of quinoa or red rice.

After your last training session (Wednesday, in this example, two full days before Saturday’s event), eat two to three grams of carbs per pound of body weight for the rest of the day. If you train at night and it’s hard to eat enough carbs before bed, you can split up the total and eat the rest of the carbs on Thursday night. Insulin sensitivity remains high for 48 hours post- workout, so glycogen will still go to your muscles. Otherwise, on Thursday, go back on the diet prescribed in Step 2.

Improved Insulin Sensitivity

Short periods of low carb eating can have a beneficial impact on insulin sensitivity so that when we do re-introduce carbs (which we will) later in the diet, we can handle them more efficiently.

Carbs aren’t the enemy, but if you’ve been following a typical Western diet, you’ve likely been eating far too many carbs that a little ‘reset’ would be beneficial.

Once your muscle glycogen stores are full, they’ll remain this way for days, as long as no other strength training is performed (because muscle glycogen is burned only during high- intensity exercise). Carbing up on Wednesday also gives you time to make adjustments. If you feel you look flat and small on Thursday or Friday, increase your carbs a bit. Bloated and soft? Cut them back a bit. Make adjustments by 25–50 grams at a time.

Don’t Skip Meals

When looking to lose, people sometimes think skipping meals is the way to “save up” calories.

“The body doesn’t work like that: It needs food to burn more calories, “If you skip meals, it thinks it’s starving, and the liver starts to produce more glucose and this results in insulin resistance. This is all a recipe for more fat storage when you do eat.”

Keep drinking water

In an effort to look even dryer on game day, some guys will drastically cut their water intake. This only causes the body to react the opposite way, causing you to retain more water to avoid dehydration.

Drink your normal amount of water up until the night before the target day, at which point you should cut it back. The day of your event, halve your water intake until you’re ready to party. This will help you appear a little tighter without giving the body time to react negatively to water restriction.

Diet is Crucial, With a weak Diet. You would be seeing No results, even if you’re working out consistently, So make sure to allocate a good diet plan that will help you fuel through your workouts and provide the necessary nutrition.

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Last But Not least, Move Some Iron!

Forget about training light. Switching to high rep sets and a lighter weight when trying to get shredded is a recipe for disaster. Heavy weight encourages your body to maintain its existing muscle mass. On the other hand, if you stop pushing yourself when trying to shed fat, you send a signal to your body that the extra muscle mass you’ve built isn’t needed any longer.

Our very own Sri Lankan Cultural Foods bring out a diverse taste with its many nutritional benfits that is very underrated, with the many types of vegetables we carry, witn Rice being a pre dominant staple meal in our country, and also overly eaten which leads to weight gain, when utilized and controlled well, Our local diet will help build some great Lean Muscle Gains and maintain overall health levels.

Breaking down the Nutrition

“A traditional Sri Lankan dish is primarily pescatarian, with a plant-based approach.” These, together with healthy fats from coconuts and 100% grass-fed cow/buffalo ghee, are essential for lowering inflammatory processes in the body and achieving the appropriate body fat percentage. The deliberate use of their superior spices elevates the meal to new heights.

We Carry a lot of healthy based vegetables that offer a tremendous level of health benifits, low in calories and can be cooked to a tasty and flavorful dish, added to our day to day lifestyle.

Here are a few common ones to name :

Karawila (Bittergourd)

Bitter melon has a low calorie content, with only 17 calories per 100 g. Despite this, the pods are high in phytonutrients like as dietary fibre, minerals, vitamins, and anti-oxidants.

Bitter melon is high in polypeptide-P, a phytonutrient that has been shown to reduce blood sugar levels. In addition, it contains charantin, a hypoglycemic agent. In the cells of the liver, muscle, and adipose tissue, charantin enhances glucose absorption and glycogen production. These chemicals may have been hypothesized to be involved for lowering blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetic patients.

Curry Leaf

Curry leaves are rich in protective plant substances, such as alkaloids, glycosides, and phenolic compounds, that give this fragrant herb potent health benefits.

Research has shown that curry leaves contain many compounds, including linalool, alpha-terpinene, myrcene, mahanimbine, caryophyllene, murrayanol, and alpha-pinene

Many of these compounds function as antioxidants in your body. Antioxidants play an essential role in keeping your body healthy and free from disease.

They scavenge potentially harmful compounds known as free radicals and suppress oxidative stress, a condition that’s associated with chronic disease development

Curry leaf extract has been shown to provide potent antioxidant effects in several studies.

For example, a study in rats demonstrated that oral treatment with antioxidant-rich curry leaf extract protected against medication-induced stomach damage and reduced markers of oxidative stress, compared with a placebo groups.

Other animal studies have shown that curry leaf extract may help protect against induced oxidative damage of the nervous system, heart, brain, and kidneys

Keep in mind that human research on the antioxidant effects of curry leaves is lacking. Nevertheless, there’s no doubt that curry leaves are packed with plant compounds that may help promote overall health by providing powerful antioxidant protection.

Polos curry, or curried delicate jackfruit

Jackfruit is a vegan favorite that is high in fiber and vitamins A and C Jack fruit. Jackfruits contain simple sugars like fructose and sucrose. These sugars are absorbed readily and easily by our bodies and so eating a small serving of this fruit will give you an immediate energy boost. You can have a bowl of refrigerated jackfruit as a post-workout snack to help you recover quicker.

Gotu kola sambal 

Centella asiatica (Gotu Kola) provides numerous health benefits. It is utilized in traditional Ayurvedic medicine in Sri Lanka. It is primarily beneficial to memory and cognition. Aside from that, it is beneficial to the eyes, hair, blood vessels, and skin, among other things. Simply Google “Gotu Kola.” You may amaze with its super health benefits.

Plate wisely!

With the various amounts of healthy foods our country offers, where we tend to go wrong is when we overload on the wrong ones, specially as mentioned before with rice being a pre dominant carbohydrate in our day to day diet, it is also a simple sugar when overly consumed daily could lead to weight gain and diabetes.

Try to always follow a method of keeping the plate Prioritizing more vegetables, Protein based Meats, and keeping the carbohydrates to a minimum. Remember to stack up on high fiber based vegetables as mentioned above, not only are they healthy but will also help you stay fuller throughout the day.